Structured and semistructured psychiatric diagnostic interviews.

2003 ◽  
pp. 23-64
Author(s):  
David B. Goldston
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Interviews

Assessing OCD Symptoms and Severity

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Dorfan ◽  
Sheila R. Woody
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Behavioral Assessment ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Evidence Based Treatment ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Symptom Profile ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews

This chapter describes methods and tools for assessing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The chapter outlines the purposes of assessment and discusses special challenges presented by OCD, such as shame associated with socially unacceptable obsessional content. Several types of assessment tools are discussed, including structured diagnostic interviews, semistructured clinician interviews to assess OCD symptom profile and severity, self-report instruments, behavioral assessment and self-monitoring, assessment of appraisals and beliefs relevant to OCD, and functional impairment. The importance of linking assessment findings to an evidence-based treatment plan is discussed.

scholarly journals The Association between Child and Parent Psychiatric Disorders in Families Exposed to Flood and/or Dioxin

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Min Hyung Lee ◽  
Betty Pfefferbaum ◽  
Robert Portley ◽  
Vinay Kotamarti ◽  
Fatih Canan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Diagnostic Assessment ◽  
Disaster Mental Health ◽  
Methodological Rigor ◽  
New Information ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
Psychiatric Outcomes ◽  
Great Harm

Associations of disaster mental health sequelae between children and their parents have been demonstrated, but not using full diagnostic assessment. This study examined children and their parents after a series of disasters in 1982 to investigate associations of their psychiatric outcomes. Members of 169 families exposed to floods and/or dioxin or no disaster were assessed in 1986–1987 with structured diagnostic interviews. This vintage dataset collected several decades ago provides new information to this field because of the methodological rigor that is unparalleled in this literature. Disaster-related PTSD and incident postdisaster disorders in children were associated, respectively with disaster-related PTSD and incident postdisaster disorders in the chief caregiver and mother. More flood-only than dioxin-only exposed parents reported great harm by the disaster, but neither children nor parents in these two groups differed in incident psychiatric disorders. Although this study did not determine the direction of causal influences, its findings suggest that clinicians working with disaster-exposed families should work with children and adult members together, as their mental health outcomes may be intertwined.

Effects of depression and anxiety on mortality in a mixed cancer group: a longitudinal approach using standardised diagnostic interviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 718-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caryn Mei Hsien Chan ◽  
Wan Azman Wan Ahmad ◽  
Mastura MD Yusof ◽  
Gwo-Fuang Ho ◽  
Edward Krupat
Keyword(s):  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Cancer Group ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
Longitudinal Approach ◽  
Group A

Specificity in the familial aggregation of overt and covert conduct disorder symptoms in a referred attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder sample

2004 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 1113-1127 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. C. MONUTEAUX ◽  
G. FITZMAURICE ◽  
D. BLACKER ◽  
S. L. BUKA ◽  
J. BIEDERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Familial Aggregation ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Modeling Methodology ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
Conduct Disorder Symptoms

Background. To examine the familial associations of overt and covert antisocial behavior within the diagnosis of conduct disorder (CD) in families ascertained by referred children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and to test if these familial associations differed between male and female probands.Method. Subjects were clinically-referred male and female ADHD children (n=273) and their first-degree biological relatives (n=807). Scores for overt and covert conduct problems were calculated by summing the DSM-III-R conduct disorder symptoms, as derived from structured diagnostic interviews. Familial aggregation analyses were conducted with multivariate regression modeling methodology.Results. Proband overt scores significantly predicted the overt scores of their relatives, and proband covert scores significantly predicted the covert scores of their relatives. There was no evidence of covert symptom scores predicting overt scores or vice versa. There was some evidence that the aggregation of covert symptoms was stronger in the families of female probands.Conclusions. These results provide preliminary evidence that overt and covert conduct disorder symptoms are independently transmitted through families and may represent distinct familial syndromes.

Anthrax Exposure, Belief in Exposure, and Postanthrax Symptoms Among Survivors of a Bioterrorist Attack on Capitol Hill

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 555-560
Author(s):  
Stephanie Chiao ◽  
Howard Kipen ◽  
William K. Hallman ◽  
David E. Pollio ◽  
Carol S. North
Keyword(s):  
Medically Unexplained Symptoms ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Physical Injury ◽  
Multivariate Models ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
Capitol Hill ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Medically Unexplained ◽  
Unexplained Symptoms

ABSTRACTBackgroundFollowing chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear disasters, medically unexplained symptoms have been observed among unexposed persons.ObjectivesThis study examined belief in exposure in relation to postdisaster symptoms in a volunteer sample of 137 congressional workers after the 2001 anthrax attacks on Capitol Hill.MethodsPostdisaster symptoms, belief in exposure, and actual exposure status were obtained through structured diagnostic interviews and self-reported presence in offices officially designated as exposed through environmental sampling. Multivariate models were tested for associations of number of postdisaster symptoms with exposure and belief in exposure, controlling for sex and use of antibiotics.ResultsThe sample was divided into 3 main subgroups: exposed, 41%; unexposed but believed they were exposed, 17%; and unexposed and did not believe that they were exposed, 42%. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the volunteers reported experiencing symptoms after the anthrax attacks. Belief in anthrax exposure was significantly associated with the number of ear/nose/throat, musculoskeletal, and all physical symptoms. No significant associations were found between anthrax exposure and the number of postdisaster symptoms.ConclusionsGiven the high incidence of these symptoms, these data suggest that even in the absence of physical injury or illness, there may be surges in health care utilization. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness.2019;13:555-560)

scholarly journals Diagnostic stability in a Dutch psychosis incidence cohort

2004 ◽  
Vol 185 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie D. Veen ◽  
Jean-Paul Selten ◽  
Diede Schols ◽  
Winfried Laan ◽  
Hans W. Hoek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Schizophrenic Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic Stability ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Relative Risks ◽  
Diagnostic Interviews ◽  
The Uk

BackgroundNo study outside the UK has examined the diagnostic stability of psychotic disorders in a population-based sample.AimsTo determine diagnostic stability in a Dutch population-based psychosis incidence cohort, to examine the frequencies of diagnostic shifts to and from schizophrenic disorders and to report the revised relative risks of schizophrenic disorders for immigrants.MethodA 30-month follow-up study assessed the cohort (n=181) by means of face-to-face diagnostic interviews.ResultsDiagnostic stability of schizophrenic disorders was high (91%), but lower for other psychotic disorders. At follow-up, the initial diagnosis was adjusted to schizophrenic disorder more often than that the reverse occurred. Almost half (49%) of the patients who were not initially diagnosed as having a schizophrenic disorder received this diagnosis at follow-up. The relative risks for most immigrant groups were stable.ConclusionsSchizophrenic disorders are underdiagnosed, rather than overdiagnosed, at first presentation.

Diagnostic Interviews

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ann S. Le-Couteur ◽  
Thomas P. Berney
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Interviews
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